Librarians play key roles in shaping national and international copyright policy and in protecting and promoting access to knowledge. EIFL has created a crucial network of librarians in developing and transition countries. It is essential that the members of that network have the fullest possible understanding, not just of the current copyright laws, but also of the ways in which those laws could and should be interpreted and modified in the future.
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Restrictive copyright laws create legal barriers to using resources for education, research and socio-economic development. This can have significant consequences for people who use libraries in developing and transition economy countries, where the ability to produce and use knowledge is a major factor in development.
WHAT WE DO
IMPACT
NEWS
The WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Standing Committee on Copyright (...)
EIFL and our partner library consortium in Kenya, the Kenya Libraries and (...)
EIFL took part in the annual WIPO Assemblies from 21-25 September 2020, delivering (...)
BLOG
Teresa Hackett, EIFL’s Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, reports from the (...)
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF), an annual forum that brings together (...)
South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill had been sitting on the desk of President (...)
EIFL-IP IN ACTION
EIFL is working towards an international copyright (...)
CONTACT US
For questions, please contact the Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager Teresa Hackett:
teresa.hackett@eifl.net